Saturday, November 08, 2025

GardenDC Podcast Episode 263: Chocolate in the Garden

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Sheri Ann Richerson all about gardening with chocolate. The plant profile is on Fritallaria and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on "Past, Present, and Future Me" by Christy Page of GreenPrints.


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Show Notes: 01:46 Introducing Sheri Ann Richerson 02:27 A Family Tree of Gardeners 05:33 Learn about Sheri Ann’s home climate and her tropical plants 09:03 Power outage? Try this to make food last 11:11 Self-sufficiency and Homesteading: Sourcing on-site 14:43 Listen to Sheri Ann’s journey as a writer 17:06 A new book: The Chocolate Lover’s Garden 20:44 The Curious Case of Chocolate Cannabis 23:32 Growing Cacao: From Seed to Pod 26:00 Germination and planting tips for Cacao 32:07 Curating a Chocolate Garden: Sights, Smells, and Taste 37:48 The amazing variety of chocolate plants 42:26 Looking for a chocolate substitute? Try this! 43:26 Learn more and connect with Sheri Ann Richerson 44:30 Thomas Jefferson as an early champion of chocolate 46:33 Cacao’s health benefits 47:19 Does double fermentation really work? 48:54 The realities of growing and harvesting chocolate plants on farms 51:04 Improving the ethics involved in the chocolate growing process 54:02 Fritallaria Plant Profile 56:45 What’s new in the garden this week? 59:20 The Last Word with Christy Page: Past, Present, and Future Me 01:01:53 Support the Garden DC Podcast! 01:03:09 Bonus! A delicious chocolate-zucchini bread recipe

Here is a link to my favorite Chocolate Zucchini Bread Recipehttps://pin.it/3tdZolwOG

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Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Interview Edit and Show Notes: Cavit Ireland
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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